S5370 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 25, 2012 

once one of Roanoke’s grandest hotels; its 

disrepair had taken a toll on civic pride. Now 

it once again has an elegant lobby, complete 

with a bar. Some of its 132 apartments are 

leased by a nearby nursing school for its students. 

The building also houses the Music Place, 

an FM radio station that Mr. Walker bought 

last year just before it was forced to change 

formats. With its mix of indie, country and 

folk—and thrice-weekly interviews with 

community leaders—it fit with his notion to 

give Roanoke the feel of, as he grinningly 

puts it, a funky college town. 

The radio station is just breaking even. 

The conference lost money, but Mr. Walker 

will hold it again—it ‘‘succeeded on a human 

level,’’ he said. Otherwise, he is adamant 

that his projects must serve the bottom line. 

He is keen to talk financing—Virginia has 

generous tax credits for historic renovation, 

so he helped get a landmark designation for 

the Wasena neighborhood, where his river 

project is—in hopes that it will teach others 

to follow in his footsteps as social entrepreneurs. ‘‘Roanoke is a really good smallcity laboratory,’’ he said. 

Mayor David Bowers praised Mr. Walker 

but said the city still had economic, educational and tourism challenges. ‘‘We’re not 

the destination that we should be,’’ he said. 

Even downtown, all is not rosy. Studio Roanoke, a nonprofit black box theater, closed 

this month because of a lack of money. (‘‘It’s 

not even bare bones,’’ Melora Kordos, its artistic director, told The Roanoke Times. 

‘‘We’re just a couple of femurs.’’) And there 

are other signs of struggle, especially in 

areas that ring the city center, like southeast Roanoke. 

Jason Garnett, a former projectionist and 

theater manager who programs Shadowbox, 

the movie night at Kirk Avenue Music Hall, 

makes ends meet with a job as an audio-visual coordinator at a local college. 

‘‘I can’t afford to live downtown,’’ said Mr. 

Garnett, a 36-year-old father of two. Still, he 

and his friends are committed to staying, 

starting even more community-run art 

spaces. ‘‘We’re trying to make Roanoke 

cool,’’ he said. 

There are indications that it is working. 

Since 2009, 25 restaurants have opened across 

10 blocks downtown, many serving farm-totable fare, bolstered by a long-running farmer’s market. A glossy monthly devoted to 

the art scene, Via Noke Magazine, began 

publishing in June. There is an adult kickball league. It adds up to the kind of do-ityourself creative change that Mr. Walker, a 

sometime skateboarder whose ethos is more 

Joe Strummer than Jane Jacobs, advocates. 

For Mr. Morrill, the city manager, the developments have already had an impact on 

the town’s psyche. ‘‘Roanoke has this inferiority complex,’’ he said. ‘‘People would say, 

‘We could’ve been Charlotte if we’d had a 

bigger airport, or Greensboro or Asheville.’ 

And Ed helped them realize, Roanoke is a 

pretty good place.’’ 

He added: ‘‘People aren’t talking about 

what we’re not anymore. Now they’re talking about what we are. And that’s a huge 

shift.’’∑ 

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MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT 

Messages from the President of the 

United States were communicated to 

the Senate by Mr. Pate, one of his secretaries. 

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EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED 

As in executive session the Presiding 

Officer laid before the Senate messages 

from the President of the United 

States submitting sundry nominations 

which were referred to the appropriate 

committees. 

(The messages received today are 

printed at the end of the Senate proceedings.) 

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MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE 

At 2:26 p.m., a message from the 

House of Representatives, delivered by 

Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has passed the 

following bill, in which it requests the 

concurrence of the Senate: 

H.R. 4157. An act to prohibit the Secretary 

of Labor from reissuing or issuing a rule substantially similar to a certain proposed rule 

under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 

relating to child labor. 

ENROLLED BILL SIGNED

At 7:04 p.m., a message from the 

House of Representatives, delivered by 

Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, 

announced that the Speaker has signed 

the following enrolled bill: 

S. 1335. An act to amend title 49, United 

States Code, to provide rights for pilots, and 

for other purposes. 

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MEASURES REFERRED 

The following bill was read the first 

and the second times by unanimous 

consent, and referred as indicated: 

H.R. 4157. An act to prohibit the Secretary 

of Labor from reissuing or issuing a rule substantially similar to a certain proposed rule 

under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 

relating to child labor; to the Committee on 

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 

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MEASURES PLACED ON THE 

CALENDAR 

The following bill was read the second time, and placed on the calendar: 

S. 3429. A bill to require the Secretary of 

Veterans Affairs to establish a veterans jobs 

corps, and for other purposes. 

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PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS 

The following petitions and memorials were laid before the Senate and 

were referred or ordered to lie on the 

table as indicated: 

POM–106. A Concurrent resolution adopted 

by the Legislature of the State of Utah expressing concerns over portions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2012; to the Committee on Armed Services 

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 11 

Whereas, the Congress of the United States 

passed the National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (‘‘2012 NDAA’’) on 

December 15, 2011; 

Whereas, the President of the United 

States of America signed the 2012 NDAA into 

law on December 31, 2011; 

Whereas, Section 1021 of the 2012 NDAA affirms the authority of the Armed Forces of 

the United States to detain covered persons 

pending disposition under the law of war and 

defines covered persons to include persons 

associated with the attacks on September 11, 

2011 or members and supporters of al-Qaeda, 

the Taliban, or other associated forces that 

are engaged in hostilities against the United 

States; 

Whereas, Section 1022 of the 2012 NDAA requires that members of al-Qaeda captured in 

the course of hostilities be detained in military custody pending disposition under the 

laws of war, except that it is not a requirement to detain a citizen of the United States 

or lawful resident alien of the United States 

on the basis of conduct taking place within 

the United States; 

Whereas, there is disagreement about the 

impacts of Sections 1021 and 1022 of the 2012 

NDAA; 

Whereas, the United States Constitution 

and the Utah Constitution provide for due 

process and a speedy trial; 

Whereas, the indefinite military detention 

of a citizen in the United States without 

charge or trial violates the right to be free 

from deprivation of life, liberty, or property 

without due process of law guaranteed by the 

United States Constitution, Amendment V 

and Utah Constitution, Article I, Section 14; 

and 

Whereas, it is indisputable that the threat 

of terrorism is real and that the full force of 

appropriate and constitutional law must be 

used to defeat this threat; however, winning 

the war against terror cannot come at the 

great expense of mitigating basic, fundamental, constitutional rights:Now, therefore, 

be it 

Resolved, That the Legislature of the State 

of Utah, the Governor concurring therein, reaffirms our rights guaranteed by the United 

States Constitution and the Utah Constitution, and urges the United States Congress 

to clarify, or repeal if found necessary, Sections 1021 and 1022 of the 2012 NDAA to ensure protection of the rights guaranteed by 

the United States Constitution and the Utah 

Constitution; be it further 

Resolved, That a copy of this resolution 

should be sent to the Majority Leader of the 

United States Senate, the Speaker of the 

United States House of Representatives, and 

to the members of Utah’s congressional delegation. 

POM–107. A concurrent resolution adopted 

by the Legislature of the State of Utah expressing support for interconnection of the 

seven Salt Lake County and Summit County 

ski resorts; to the Committee on Commerce, 

Science, and Transportation. 

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 10 

Whereas, tourism is one of Utah’s major 

‘‘export industries’’ that sells services or 

products to destination visitors and brings 

money into the state to support our local 

economy and provide jobs for current and future Utahns; 

Whereas, over 20 million people visited the 

state of Utah in 2010, spending over $6.5 billion, or 5.5% of Utah’s gross domestic product, contributing over $840 million in state 

and local taxes, and sustaining as much as 

10% of the jobs in the state; 

Whereas, the ski and snowboard industry is 

a major contributor to Utah’s tourism industry, contributing over $1.2 billion to the 

state’s economy as a result of over 4 million 

skier days, and growth in the ski and 

snowboard industry will bring additional 

spending, revenue, and jobs to the state; 

Whereas, tourists who ski or snowboard in 

Utah spend money on lift tickets, equipment 

rentals, hotels, restaurants, car rentals, and 

other matters, and this money circulates 

through the economy, supporting over 20,000 

local jobs; 

Whereas, the seven ski resorts in Summit 

County and Salt Lake County are all located 

in close proximity to one another, offering 


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